Table 3.

Alberta Healthy Living Network's Seven Priority Strategies and Related Actions

Priority Strategy	Purpose (15)	Action
Partnership development and community links	Strengthen partnerships and enable coordinated mobilization of resources in the community	Baseline interorganizational relationships among AHLN members documented through network mapping research (2004) Public Health Agency of Canada (Population Health Fund) funding provided to three communities to facilitate network development Commissioned report Alberta Healthy Living Network: Network Development Strategy (2005)
Awareness and education	Facilitate coordinated information and education for healthy living in Alberta	Cosponsored forum in May 2004: Collaborative Action for Healthy Living: It Takes Us All; 131 participants
Surveillance	Advocate for and support development of surveillance systems for chronic diseases and risk factors	Working group determined action
Best practices	Establish a system that facilitates sharing of evidence-based practice for policies and programs that address the population-based risk factors and underlying determinants of health for health promotion and chronic disease prevention	Commissioned report Chronic Diseases in Alberta: Cost of Treatment and Investment in Prevention (2005)
Research and evaluation	Collaborate on health promotion and chronic disease prevention research and evaluation initiatives	Developed evaluation framework to assess impact of AHLN Commissioned process evaluation of AHLN structures and processes (2005)
Health disparities	Increase opportunities for healthy living among underserved groups in Alberta	Working group determined action
Healthy public policies	Advocate for and create healthy public policies	Working group determined action